Farzad Sobhani, a 21-year-old prisoner from Naqadeh, West Azerbaijan Province, has been executed in Orumiyeh Central Prison on murder-related charges.

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Sobhani was transferred from Naqadeh Prison to solitary confinement in Orumiyeh Central Prison on 27 July and was executed in the early hours of 29 July.

Sobhani, from the village of Gerdeh Qit in Naqadeh, was arrested around three years ago on charges of “premeditated murder” and sentenced to qisas (retribution in kind).